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Someone please tell me why Detroit's bankruptcy was brought up in this statement?

from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,

The Red Wings on Friday tweeted the first pictures of newcomer Daniel Alfredsson on the ice, wearing his bright red Winged Wheel sweater. Painful for most onlookers from Ottawa, and a few here in the Hub of Hockey. The Bruins made an aggressive attempt to land Alfie as an unrestricted free agent, but he opted for the Wings, just a matter of days before Motown went into bankruptcy.

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The Bruins made an aggressive attempt to land Alfie as an unrestricted free agent, but he opted for the Wings, just a matter of days before Motown went into bankruptcy.

It’s hard to say what he’s trying to get across, but it seems he may be insinuating had Alfie known Detroit was going to bankrupt, he would have easily chosen Boston instead.

That, of course, is nothing but ignorance on what bankruptcy is. It’s like he believes Alfie’s checks will bounce most months, or it will be hit-and-miss whenever he goes to a grocery store hoping to buy basic food staples to keep his family fed.

One thing I’ve noticed is when sports writers veer out of simply writing about hockey, and attempt to take on non-hockey issues, the results usually are not that pretty, and are best ignored.

I really don’t know what to say after reading that. I’d have to leave logic and common sense so far behind to come up with any idea of what he’s trying to insinuate. No proofreaders or editors at the Boston Globe? Just write something then post it yourself? I don’t expect Pulitzer level writing from sports journalists, but a high school newspaper editor would have glanced at that thought train and said, no. Just sad.

Someone please tell me why Detroit’s bankruptcy was brought up in this statement?

Because he’s a lazy outhouse piece of shit that nobody wants to remember.

Posted by
SYF
from Twerkin' with Anastasia Ashley on 09/01/13 at 11:19 AM ET

The Bruins made an aggressive attempt to land Alfie as an unrestricted free agent, but he opted for the Wings, just a matter of days before Motown went into bankruptcy.

Using the same “logic” as this asshat, I would say that Alfie didn’t pick Boston because they had a bombing there once.

Posted by
Hootinani
from the parade following Babs out of town on 09/01/13 at 12:23 PM ET

Basically that detroit doesn’t have to worry about finances despite having a city going bankrupt yet funding a new arena for them. Meanwhile the Sens are having money troubles, and not getting any money from their municipality (at least not on par with the financing for a new arena).

Gee, why would a writer covering a team take a swipe at the home city of another team that just happens to be a division rival who will directly and immediately challenge their cities team for the primacy of said division?

The guys has no class.

Heh. Yeah. ‘Class’. There’s a lot of that in sportswriting, to lament it’s lack.

Reminds me of a certain schlub that writes for a Chicago paper and his ever classy writing about how he loved feasting on wings. And how fast he choked on those words and went silent until that sham of a series was over. This one will learn, hopefully the hard way as Detroit teaches these cubs a thing or two.